Paper towel for toilet purposes.



P. D. PARSONS.

PAPER TOWEL FOR TOILE-T PURPOSES;

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27. 1915.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

INVENTOR WITN ESSES ATTORNEY PHILIP D. PARSONS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 SCOTT PAPER 7 COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER TOWEIl'EOR TOILET PURPOSES;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2%, 1915.

To all whom may cancer rt: Be it known that I, PHILIP D. PAnsoNs, a citizen of the United States, and resldent of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and

State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Paper Towels for Toilet Purposes, of which the following is a specification. s

This invention relates to paper towels for toilet-purposesand has for an object to provide a package of folded paper towels which shall be compact-and suitable for use within a serving cabinet in such manner that individual towels may be successively withdrawn as desired.

More particularly, the object is to provide,

a package of paper towels each of which is so folded and arranged as to provide positive part formed by folding the sheet on twoparallel lines upon itself and with the folded ends again folded back upon themselves, and thereby intermediatelyproviding a plurality of parallel folds in the sheet, each of which forms a tab of multi-ply thickness, whereby the said sheet may be suitably positioned within the serving cabinetand present a multi-ply tab for engagement with the discharging blade.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will. be more fully understood from the description hereinafter, the invention consists in the novel construction of paper towels as hereinafter more fully described and defined in the Claims. Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of a portion of the serving cabinet showing the adaptation of my improved paper towel thereto; Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of sheets folded in accordance with my invention and arranged in package form; and Fig. 3 represents a perspective of a portion of one of the towel sheets.

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1 designates a preferred type of cabinet 7 for use. with the towels of my invention and has its lower part provided with a transverse slot 2 through which the towel tab or means to be engaged by the discharging blade 3 may be projected. The blade 3 may be of any desired form but as here shown it is pivoted and arranged to be reciprocated by the lever 4:. The cabinet may also have the shelf or shoulder 5 at the side opposite the blade for supporting the package of towels at one side and, if desired, the opposite or blade side of the cabinet may be similarly provided with a support 6. Referring more particularly to the folded sheet shown in Fig. 2, 7 designates the body part of the sheet which is formed by folding the sheet in the middle'to provide a twoply body structure which is subsequently folded in the special form now to be described. It is manifest that whether the sheet is single ply or multi-ply is a matter of secondary consideration, though this is the preferred form since it enables a large sheet to be employed having one outer edge as a fold without any exposedsingle sheet edges, while the two free edges are at the same sideof the sheet and abut the wall of the cabinet/and are thus protected. Considering the sheet without regard to whether it is single or multiply, it is first folded on parallel lines 8 and 9 suitably spaced apart,

thereby forming two tab parts extending toward each other in juxtaposed relation, each of which is folded again as indicated at 10 and 11 along lines parallel to the respective folds 8 and'9, to provide a suitable width of paper 14 beneath the body of the sheet, and whereby the two ends 12 and 13 of the sheet point in opposite directions and extend or project beyond the folds 8 and 9. This construction provides two multi-ply tabs provided by part 14: and portions of. the tabs 12 and 13, which respectively terminate at equal distances from the free ends of the sheet or the side walls of the cabinet, so that either, according to the position of the sheet within the cabinet, lies in the path of movement of the discharging blade By this construction the built up package of folded sheets is preferably reversible in a horizontal plane within the cabinet without affecting the operative relation between the discharging blade and the multi-ply tab Sheets folded in the above manner will stack with stability to form a package as I the center ofgravity will pass through the portions.

body part 7 of the sheet between the tab It will also be observed that the sheet is folded to provide multi-ply tab portions 14 pointing in relatively opposite directions and also the tab portions 12 and 13 is preferable, I do not restrict myself thereto.

It will now be apparent that I have provided a folded sheet having tabs of multi-' ple thickness parallel to the body portion, which tabs havea free end formed by the folded part of the sheet whereby a relatively strong edge is provided for the discharging blade to engage and push or move the tab toward the discharge slot and through which it is forced so that it assumes a position where it may be grasped in order to withdraw the entire sheet. This construction, furthermore, eliminates, under all conditions, free single edges of the sheet adjacent tothe discharging blade, thus avoiding crumpling-or displacement of the sheet in the act of discharging.

Having now described my invention,.what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A paper towel consisting of a sheet I folded upon itself to form a multi-ply body part, said body part being folded upon two parallel lines'to form tab parts below the 7 2. A paper towel consisting of a sheet having a body part folded upon two parallel lines to form tab parts parallel to the body part and extending in opposite directions, said tab parts being reversely folded along parallel lines whereby two oppositely directed tabs of multiple thickness are provided, one portion of each of which tabs extends laterally beyond the body part of the sheet and oppositely with respect to the corresponding other part.

3. A paper towel consisting of a sheet folded upon two parallel lines to form a middle body part of restricted width, the portions at opposite sides of the body part being again folded upon lines parallel to the first mentioned folds and respectively at a distance therefrom less than the width of the body part to form two multi-ply oppositely directed tabs, and the ends of the sheet constituting parts of said tabs being extended beyond the body.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

PHILIP D. PARSONS.

Witnesses:

R. M. HUNTER, FLORENCE DEACON. 

